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Netherhall Learning Campus High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Community school

Nether Hall Avenue, Huddersfield HD5 9PG · nlconline.org.uk · 01484 382140

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected May 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
41
average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 46.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
823
86% of 955 places
Local authority
Kirklees
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
52.6%
First language not English
18.8%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 106 families put the school first and 140 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 152 (Places 141)152September 2023: 170 (Places 155)170September 2024: 138 (Places 150)138September 2025: 126 (Places 129)126September 2026: 106 (Places 140)106Places 140
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261401060.8100%
September 2025Sept 20251291261100%
September 2024Sept 20241501380.999%
September 2023Sept 20231551701.1▲88%
September 2022Sept 20221411521.1▲89%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41, and 37.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kirklees it was 46.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.1 (England 46.3)43.12017/18: 39.3 (England 46.5)39.32018/19: 36.9 (England 46.7)36.92021/22: 36.5 (England 48.8)36.52022/23: 40.4 (England 46.3)40.42023/24: 39.3 (England 45.9)39.32024/25: 41.0 (England 46.0)41.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼4146
▼37.6%45.4%
▼53.7%64.8%
▼16.8%40.5%
▼3.304.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form9.9+1.3
Sixth form college25.4−10.3
Further education47.9+12.9
Apprenticeship5.6+1.3
Employment2.8−2.2
Not in a lasting destination4.9−3
Activity not captured3.5−0.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 30.4 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 28.3 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 31.3 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 34.2 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 30.2 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 29.9 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 32.5 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
42 studentsC+ (32.5)Average -0.19
42 studentsC+ (32.5)Average -0.19
19 studentsMerit (25.4)Below average -0.47
8 studentsDist- (31.9)Average +0.18
0%AAB or better
95.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2440C (29.9)-0.38
2022/2328C (30.2)—
2021/2228C+ (34.2)—
2018/198C (31.3)-0.32
2017/186C- (28.3)+0.05
2016/1714C (30.4)+0.22

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University48.9+7.7
Further education4.3+1.4
Apprenticeship4.3—
Employment14.9−14.5
Not in a lasting destination21.3+6.6
Activity not captured6.4−5.4

Ofsted

Netherhall Learning Campus High School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 8 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
8 May 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2022

Other inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Apr 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2022Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Nov 2006Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

42% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
42%
Replies
36
4% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼50% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼55% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼47% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼45% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼48% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼33% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼47% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼78% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼77% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼39% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼34% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 89% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼39% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 64% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼21% agreeEngland 68%

based on 14 parents (39%) with SEND

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